Fly-net



(No Model.)

V. A. & F. S. WEAVER.

FLY NET.

N0. 390,420. Patented Oct. 2, 1888.

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UNiTED STATES "i t i" PATENT tries.

'VINTO'N A. WEAVER AND FRANK S. \VEA'VER, OF MOUNDS'VILLE, \VESTVIRGINIA. V

FLYP-NET.

ESPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,420, dated October2, 1888.

Application filed July10,1888. Serial No.2T5L5-2-2. (No modelJ To aZZwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ViNToN A. WEAVER and FRANK S. WEAVER, ofMoundsville, in the county of lllarshall andState of West Virginia, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Fly-Nets, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to that class of flynets in which longitudinalstraps forming the base of the net and transverse straps are connectedtogether, and it is more especially designed as an improvement upon thatdescription of such class of fly-nets in which perforated longitudinalstraps or bars are used, and the transverse straps or lashes are passedat their ends therethrough and afterward folded and secured uponthemscves by clips or otherwise, exterior to or independent of thelongitudinal straps. Such a construction is shown and described inLetters Patent'of the United States No. 315,975, dated April 14, 1885;but our improved fly-net essentially differs therefrom in making each orany pair of the transverse straps or lashes, which are in line with eachother, or thereabout, not only to pass at their ends through theperforations in the longitudinal strap or straps, but to be continuedtherethrough or beyond in like directions in which they were entered,but in opposite directions relatively with each other, and theprojecting ends of the two transverse straps afterward secured each tothe body of the other, substantially as hereinafter described, andpointed out in the claims, and whereby special advantages are obtained.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents an exterior plan view of part of the net, sufficientto illustrate our invention, the same showing one of the perforatedlongitudinal straps or bars of the net and a series of transverse strapsor lashes engaged therewith. Fig. 2 is a similar view, upon a largerscale, of the same in part, mainly in illustration of the arrangement ofthe engaging ends of the transverse straps and the securing of them theone to the body of the other; and Fig. 3 is a transverse section mainlyupon the line a: w in Fig. 2.

A indicates one of the longitudinal straps or bars of the net, havingperforations I) at suitable distances apart to receive through them theengaging ends of the transverse straps or lashes B B, arranged in pairsin line with each other, or thereabout, on opposite sides of thelongitudinal strap. These perforations b may either be of an oblongshape, round, or any other suitable form.

The two transverse straps B B of each or either pair have their engagingends 0 0 passed through a perforation, b--say from the front side of thelongitudinal strap A--and then continned in a like direction, but inopposite directions relatively to each other, on the back or reverseside of the longitudinal strap and sufficiently beyond the latter toallow of their projecting end portions, 0 c,being secured each to thebody of the other, as by wire clips (I d or other suitable fastenings.

By this constructionthe following results or advantages are obtained:Each transverse strap B or B crossing the longitudinal strap is securedby two clips or fastenings, instead of one, thereby giving said straps amore solid hold, although no increased number of clips is or need beused. Again, the transverse straps are not only thus held more secureand firm, but as each transverse strap is secured to the body of theother the longitudinal straps are protected and relieved of pull orstrain from or of the transverse straps, which latter transfer thestrain to or divide it between one another; consequently there is notendency to enlarge or stretch the perforations in the loir gitudinalstraps, that when occurring makes the net less firm. Furthermore, a muchstronger net is produced, and should one of the clips or fastenings oneach pair of transverse straps B B break the remaining clip or fasteningwill still hold the net to its original shape. The transverse straps,too, are

, held firmer, so that they sit more regular and extend from thelongitudinal strap in a more regular line, thereby giving to the net amuch better appearance and desirable form. The longitudinal strap alsois greatly strengthened, inasmuch as there is little or no strain uponit, and the sides and center of the. longitudinal strap are so protectedby the transverse straps thata much narrower longitudinal strap willanswer, while by the construction as described the longitudinal andtransverse straps are both held secure with little or no friction ofeither, and a most solid and durable net is produced, one, too, that iswell adapted to fit and lie snugly upon the horse.

Having thus described ourinvention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A fly-net consisting of longitudinal apertured straps and transversestraps or lashes, the transverse straps or lashes on opposite sides ofthe longitudinal straps being approximatelyin line with each other, andeach having its end passed through the same aperture in oppositedirections and secured to the body of the other strap or lash,substantially as described.

2. In a fly-net, the combination, with the perforated longitudinal strapA, of the trans- 2o verse straps or' lashes B B, approximately in linewith each other, and each having its end passed through the sameperforation of the longitudinal strap and secured to the body of theother strap or lash by clips d, substantially 25 as described.

VINTON A. WEAVER. FRANK S. \VEAVER.

Witnesses:

S. J. PATTON, K. R. MARTIN.

